Gary Hardy

Wow Really feel like I was being spoken to Just what I needed Gary’s voice is very soothing for me and his message feels straight up real.

Thank-you Gary I certainly learned something about myself when I’m told no thank you for enlightening me now, I think I need to go and sit with myself🙏☺️

A very thoughtful exploration. I am going to stop answering "I'm fine".

That was perfect, the timing and the message! Thank you, Gary. I will need to listen to this everyday, until my brain registers and practices these teachings.

Simple, thoughtful and transformative daily practices. Gentle reminders to shift from automation and into intention.

Thank you 🙏🏻 I can relate to this and you helped me understand why I do what I do I figure it’s their lesson to learn

🤯 Gary, your compassion and empathy radiated through your words in a way that felt like a warm arm around the shoulder of the 36 year old me 🫂, which catalysed a release I suspected was coming just by reading the title of this post. I ugly cried out the grief I have been carrying from those insanely hard times. A grief that sits in the pain my body nurses. Showing up. Day in. Day out. The relentless, never ending grind of the parenting trenches, the relief from which was years away. The weight was so heavy at times that ending life seemed like a viable exit strategy that was thankfully overridden by the determination to not condemn my babies to a future without me. I share many of the common denominators you covered. I had to box up and lock the hurt and pain otherwise I could not have shown up for those two very small humans who were depending on me for life. I had to pretend I was ok. I had to show I was strong, capable, enough … I was those things but also on the inside I was embers of a flame I used to be. I feel touched, seen, in a way that is profound. I have been in recovery mode for years. May I now allow my nervous system to finally, rest! May I finally flourish rather than merely survive. I am incredibly grateful you popped up in my Insight Timer feed. Life has been listening to my silent pleas and delivered a goodness I have needed for a long time. I am blessed. Thank you 🙏🏼

Gosh. Goosebumps. Feeling seen. Your prompts helped me see - I actually am afraid to be fully happy. Even though my monkey mind calls BS. Fearful that if I fall completely, show my soft underbelly, I’ll be harmed, the good thing will be taken away, or I’ll be rejected for not being good enough. So I brace for impact. Chronic pain ensues. Therein lies my quest for truth, meaning, freedom.